Camilla's hairdresser took potshots at his neighbours

But now Daniel Galvin has come a cropper after taking an air rifle and shooting at his neighbours over a bitter boundary dispute.

The celebrity hairdresser - whose clients include Madonna, Keira Knightley and Camilla Parker Bowles - began firing potshots at two farmers as they ploughed their fields that border his exclusive country pile.

Pellets flew past the heads of their intended victims.

As the terrified farmers tried to flee on their Massey Fergusons, Galvin hurled rocks at them, shattering a tractor window.

The assault was the culmination of a three-year boundary dispute between Galvin and his neighbours, brothers Richard and David Bury, who farm a 270-acre estate in Worcestershire.

Yesterday, a defiant Galvin, who launched a hair- care range with the Prince of Wales in 2004, appeared at Worcester Magistrates' Court where he was condemned for his actions.

Sentencing him to a five-month suspended jail term, district judge Bruce Morgan told him he was appalled by his actions. Mr Morgan said: "I accept there is a bitter boundary dispute that has been going on for three years.

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"But boundary disputes can only be settled by people going into arbitration,

they cannot be settled by taking the law into one's own hands.

"Civilised society cannot tolerate people taking resorting to violence and, to boot, taking out guns to shoot at the people with whom one is very cross."

The court heard that the attack took place at about 11.30am on December 2 last year after Galvin, 38, became frustrated over the ongoing row.

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Prosecuting, Douglas Marshall said: 'Both of the Bury brothers were working their fields which abut the property of Mr Galvin - they were harvesting sugar beet.

"Richard Bury was on the tractor and he turned to see Mr Galvin some 50ft away holding what appeared to be a rifle.

"He was aiming at him through a telescopic sight. He heard something fly past him through the air and then he saw Mr Galvin stop to reload the air rifle.

"Mr Bury tried to leave the area on his tractor and began calling the police.

"He then heard another shot, and a pellet struck his tractor. Mr Galvin then began throwing rocks. At this stage, Mr Bury's brother drove into the field on his tractor.

"Mr Galvin then started throwing stones at it too, which smashed a window and damaged the bodywork. Police then arrived and found the air rifle and pellets."

The court heard that Galvin, who also owns a luxury home in London, was arrested for criminal damage and common assault.

He was found guilty at a two-day trial earlier this year, when the court heard that at one stage during the boundary dispute Galvin erected a fence, which was torn down by the brothers.

The court also heard from Richard Bury, 34, who said the air rifle attack had left him "frightened to go back onto his own land".

During the trial, Galvin claimed that the Bury brothers had 'made up' the attack.

But yesterday the judge condemned this defence as "ludicrous and arrogant".

He said: "In one call recorded by 999 you can hear the tractor window shatter."

Mr Morgan added that at the time of the incident, the farmers were not on the patch of land that was in dispute.

Galvin, in a dark suit and pale blue tie, hung his head as his sentence was read out.

As well as the jail term, suspended for two years, he was ordered to carry out 150 hours of community work, ordered to pay £963 towards the damage to the tractor and given a £500 fine for the assault.

Defending, Sasha Wass told the court Galvin employs 100 staff who would be out of work if he was jailed.

After the sentencing David Bury, 36, said: "I'm glad he has not got away with it. He has an awful temper. I wouldn't be surprised if he did it again."